tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post2524822333749408037..comments2024-01-17T01:05:25.579-09:00Comments on The Panic Blog: The Godfather of SoilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-78464430203890726572007-07-11T04:50:00.000-08:002007-07-11T04:50:00.000-08:00I am not a police officer. I am a non-sworn emplo...I am not a police officer. I am a non-sworn employee of my department. The dispatcher job has two separate parts: answering 911 and business calls then entering calls for service and (rotating from phones to radios periodically through the day) dispatching officers and all that entails. <BR/><BR/>And as far as being asked for quotes: there is a department media relations section but the things about dispatch is we are always there and we are always available by phone. The only time I'd give an actual quote is if I'm acting dispatch supervisor (which happens every other Saturday - depending on if I have a recruit or not). I'd usually give only general info to the press but I was telling this guy about another call entirely and he asked me about the plant thing in passing (he was already working on that story - no doubt due to the James Brown factor). The only other times I've been in the paper have had to do with confirming that the weather was causing problems (hello!). <BR/><BR/>I'll write more about the J-O-B eventually. I take it for granted that everyone knows how what I do works (although I certainly didnt until I started doing it).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147506641346769284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-68713774756383194162007-07-10T15:39:00.000-08:002007-07-10T15:39:00.000-08:00do you get asked for quotes from the press very of...do you get asked for quotes from the press very often?<BR/><BR/>for the record, i think it was a fine quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11640187.post-10878191554981273312007-07-10T14:08:00.000-08:002007-07-10T14:08:00.000-08:00so clarify something ... not that it matters, but ...so clarify something ... not that it matters, but just for my edification... you are not a police officer, but you work with and for them? you're a 911 dispatcher. right?<BR/><BR/>nice quote, btw.smussyolayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143163489097921644noreply@blogger.com